The Carolina Wren | This Bird Will Nest in Almost Anything

The Carolina Wren is such a small likable, charming bird with a big personality, and has a way of catching one's attention. Found in many backyards of the Eastern United States of America, they are favored by many and it’s easy to see why, with their sassy way and a look that exudes cuteness. In this video learn about the Carolina Wren's Appearance, Distribution, Habitat, Diet, Songs and Calls, Behavior, Breeding, Population, and many other cool facts about them.

Measuring 4.5 to 5.5 inches and weighing up to 0.8 ounces. They are small yet chubby, with a slender down-curved bill that gives these rascals an adorable grumpy bird look. Both male and female, beams with a rich reddish-brown above, slightly orange below, and white eyebrow stripe, chin, and throat.

Mostly found in the southeast United States, these birds have expanded their range over the years now living further north into southern Canada. Carolina Wrens are permanent residents, they do not head south in winter. Find the Carolina Wren in places such as bottomland woods, shrubby wooded residential areas, brushy thickets including those in suburban yards, overgrown farmlands, and also old neglected buildings and other human-made structures, closer to the ground and in the leaf litter or tangled vegetation.

Attract them by using feeders like, platforms, large tube feeders, small or large hoppers, and even the ground, with the food they enjoy such as Suet, Peanut hearts, hulled sunflower seeds, and mealworms.

The Carolina Wren's favorite food are spiders, cockroaches, beetles, grasshoppers, moths, and caterpillars, among others. There are times when they will even eat small lizards, frogs, and snakes, A small portion of their diet, includes plant matter, things such as fruit pulp, and seeds from bayberry, sweetgum, or poison ivy.

These little passerines are known to produce many different calls and sounds, they are most commonly known for their Tea kettle song that is sung by only the male.


In Spring, as with many other birds, the pair gets busy with nesting, choosing open cavities that are around 3 - 6 feet off of the ground, in trees, overhangs, and stumps. They are known to make many different nests before settling on one. One thing about these guys is that in residential areas they are known to make use of all kinds of human-made things to build a nest in, such as mailboxes, the cover to a propane tank, flowerpots, they will even nest in old coat pockets and boots. They will also use natural things like abandoned hornet nests, or old nests from other birds. Since they aren’t picky, it is easy to have a pair use a nestbox.
Since they are making their way into Canada in recent decades, the Carolina Wren is a U.S - Canada Stewardship species. Partners in-flight estimates a breeding population of 14 million, On the continental concern score it rates a 7 out of 20 and is not on the 2016 state of North America’s Birds watch list indicating that they are doing fairly well.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Birds Walking Down
00:41 Intro
01:07 What do Carolina Wrens look like?
01:56 Similar looking birds
02:10 Where to find Carolina Wrens (Range and Distribution)
03:01 What do Carolina Wrens eat? (Diet and favorite food)
04:04 How to attract Carolina Wrens
05:13 Carolina Wren Calls, sounds, and Tea Kettle Song
07:33 Carolina Wren Breeding
08:23 What does a Carolina Wren nest look like and other Nesting habits
09:22 Carolina Wren Eggs
10:21 Carolina Wren family with nestlings
10:33 Population, Numbers, and Conservation of Carolina Wrens
11:16 How old can a Carolina Wren live for?
11:26 Outro and my closing thoughts
11:59 Birds Walking Down

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